A Statistics Teacher Wants to Know How Students in Her

question 72

Essay

A statistics teacher wants to know how students in her school feel about mathematics courses. She decides to administer a
survey to a random sample of students taking a mathematics course. She has several sampling plans to choose from.
a. There are four ranks of students taking the class: freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Randomly select 15 students
from each class rank.
b. Randomly select ten math class sections and survey every student in each of those sections.
c. Each student has a nine-digit student number. Randomly choose 60 different nine-digit numbers and survey the students
that correspond to those numbers.
d. Randomly select a number from 1 to 5. Using the class roster, start at that number, then select every fifth student from the
list after that.
-Name the sampling strategy in each plan.

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Definitions:

Federal Act

Legislation enacted by the national government that applies across the entire country.

Substance Abuse

The harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs.

Child Abuse

The physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child.

Neglect

Failing to provide adequate care, supervision, or necessary resources for a dependent, resulting in harm or risk of harm.